http://www.uswitch.com/news/?ref=rssall The latest industry news from the UK for utilities, telecoms, broadband and personal finance. 60 en-GB http://www.uswitch.com/images/rss_logo.jpg http://www.uswitch.com/?ref=rssall Corporate Pages Loans Energy Home Phone Digital TV Credit Cards Broadband Water Directory Market News Heating Cover Current Accounts Car Insurance Mobiles Consumer Guide Secured Loans Customer Accounts Bundles More cases of fraud are being seen as a result of increasing personal debt, it has been claimed. http://www.uswitch.com/news/personalloans/20080630/fraud-up-during-crunch.cmsx Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT Personal Loan uSwitch.com A high number of people are applying for payday loans as they are spending all their cash before their salaries come through, it has been claimed. http://www.uswitch.com/news/personalloans/20080627/payday-loans-used-during-crunch.cmsx Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT Personal Loan uSwitch.com Scottish households are in debt to the tune of £7,000 on average, new figures have revealed. http://www.uswitch.com/news/personalloans/20080625/scotland-not-dealing-with-debt.cmsx Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT Personal Loan uSwitch.com There is a debt culture in Britain that needs to be solved before the country gets back into shape, it has been claimed by the Conservative Party. http://www.uswitch.com/news/personalloans/20080619/british-addicted-to-debt.cmsx Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT Personal Loan uSwitch.com Many men in the UK think they are most like Ian Beale from soap Eastenders in the way that they spend money. http://www.uswitch.com/news/personalloans/20080617/british-men--are-like-ian-beale.cmsx Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT Personal Loan uSwitch.com Many men in the UK think they are most like Ian Beale from soap Eastenders in the way that they spend money. http://www.uswitch.com/news/personalloans/20080617/british-men-are-like-ian-beale.cmsx Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT Personal Loan uSwitch.com New figures released have revealed that student debt levels in Scotland have hit £2 billion in total. http://www.uswitch.com/news/personalloans/20080613/scottish-student-debt-hits-2bn.cmsx Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT Personal Loan uSwitch.com Payment protection insurance (PPI) is very important, especially in harder economic times such as this one, it has been claimed. http://www.uswitch.com/news/personalloans/20080612/ppi-is-important-in-poorer-economic-times.cmsx Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT Personal Loan uSwitch.com Debt is apparently taking hold in Telford in Shropshire, according to new figures released by the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB). http://www.uswitch.com/news/personalloans/20080609/telford-debt-a-large-problem.cmsx Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT Personal Loan uSwitch.com People are being overcharged for their loan protection policies, according to new comments made by the Competition Commission. http://www.uswitch.com/news/personalloans/20080606/consumers-warned-over-ppi.cmsx Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT Personal Loan uSwitch.com A manager took £21,000 from a Welsh garage because he had let his personal debts spiral out of control, a court has been told. http://www.uswitch.com/news/personalloans/20080604/manager-took-cash-because-of-debts.cmsx Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT Personal Loan uSwitch.com British people are having to face their debt woes as the credit crunch takes hold, a new study from PruProtect has claimed. http://www.uswitch.com/news/personalloans/20080603/brits-facing-up-to-debt.cmsx Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT Personal Loan uSwitch.com Interest rates could fall to as low as 4% in 2009, one expert has predicted, despite the fact that no change is likely before August. http://www.uswitch.com/news/personalloans/20080530/rates-could-hit-4.cmsx Fri, 30 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT Personal Loan uSwitch.com More than a third of people in Britain believe they will have less disposable cash in the future because of a general rise in the cost of living, a study has said. http://www.uswitch.com/news/personalloans/20080528/less-money-as-goods-rise.cmsx Wed, 28 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT Personal Loan uSwitch.com New regulations in Scotland that mean some postgraduates will immediately have to pay back university fees have been criticised. http://www.uswitch.com/news/personalloans/20080527/endowment-changes-hit-postgraduates.cmsx Tue, 27 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT Personal Loan uSwitch.com Debt advice services in some cases rip off people with major money worries, it has been claimed by an Assembly Member. http://www.uswitch.com/news/personalloans/20080523/debt-services-a-rip-off.cmsx Fri, 23 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT Personal Loan uSwitch.com Those who use payday loans in a bid to get by are adding to large-scale debt problems that are regularly seen in Britain, National Debtline has said. http://www.uswitch.com/news/personalloans/20080521/payday-loans-symptomatic-of-wider-problem.cmsx Wed, 21 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT Personal Loan uSwitch.com Some of the personal loans advertisements on social networking website Facebook are coming under fire because they are breaking the law. http://www.uswitch.com/news/personalloans/20080513/concerns-raised-about-personal-loans-ads-on-facebook.cmsx Tue, 13 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT Personal Loan uSwitch.com The Bank of England's monetary policy committee (MPC) faced a tough task when trying to decide the base rate of interest, it has been claimed. http://www.uswitch.com/news/personalloans/20080509/bank-faced-a-difficult-challenge.cmsx Fri, 09 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT Personal Loan uSwitch.com Families in south Yorkshire may be in for a difficult time this summer as the price of debt, which could have been added to by personal loans, really begins to take hold, one firm has stated. http://www.uswitch.com/news/personalloans/20080508/yorkshire-consumers-seeing-debt-woes.cmsx Thu, 08 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT Personal Loan uSwitch.com